Evidence: | The nineteenth-century cabinet maker William Lovett on the development of his literary and intellectual interests after joining 'The Liberals', a literary and debating association, during a period of residence in London: '"I [...] became seized with an enthusiastic desire to read and treasure up all I could meet with on the subject of Christianity [...] often have I sat up till morning dawned reading and preparing myself with arguments [for use at Liberals meetings] in support of its principles."' |
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Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
Date: | Between 1 Jan 1821 and 31 Dec 1839 | ||||||||||
Country: | England | ||||||||||
Time: | night | ||||||||||
Place: | city: London | ||||||||||
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Reader: | William Lovett |
Age | Adult (18-100+) |
Gender | Male |
Date of Birth | 1800 |
Socio-economic group: | Clerk / tradesman / artisan / smallholder |
Occupation: | Cabinet maker |
Religion: | n/a |
Country of origin: | England |
Country of experience: | England |
Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Author: | |
Title: | texts on Christian religion |
Genre: | Other religious |
Form of Text: | Print: Book |
Publication details: | n/a |
Provenance: | unknown |
Record ID: | 8259 | |
Source - | ||
Author: | David Vincent | |
Editor: | n/a | |
Title: | Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography | |
Place of Publication: | London | |
Date of Publication: | 1981 | |
Vol: | n/a | |
Page: | 135 | |
Additional comments: | n/a |
Citation: | David Vincent, Bread, Knowledge and Freedom: A Study of Nineteenth-Century Working Class Autobiography (London, 1981), p. 135, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=8259, accessed: 29 April 2024 |
Quotation from William Lovett, Life and Struggles of Wiliam Lovett In his Pursuit of Bread, Knowledge & Freedom, with some short Account of the different Associations he belonged to & of the Opinions he entertained (London, 1876) p.35. |
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